History Timeline:
1953- Bernacchia Brothers begin bus service with 4 vehicles
1956- Bernacchia Brothers Bus company became Liberty Coaches Inc.
1969- Bus Associates Inc is founded and acquires West Fordham Trans. Co., Mount Vernon, and White Plains Routes from Westchester Street Trans. Co. Ray Murphy (Westchester Street Transportation) joins forces with Bernacchia Brothers
1970- Liberty and Westchester County form partnership
1972- Yonkers Transit Routes are acquired by Liberty Coaches, Inc., Club Trans., and Westchester Street.
1975- Liberty acquired Riverdale Transit.
1981-Club Transportation Corp.1981- Liberty acquires Club Transportation.
1982- Liberty designs and coordinates re-construction of a Central Maintenance and Operations Facility in Yonkers, NY to consolidate all its transit services, officially opened in 1982.
1983- 60 Foot articulated buses are introduced to Westchester and the NY Metropolitan area.
1985- Liberty transfers Charter and Atlantic City services to Vanguard Tours.
1993- Liberty begins operating North-County services from Westchester County’s Cerrato Facility in Valhalla
1998- Liberty received two awards from the NYS Public Transit Safety Board; the first in recognition of Superior Achievement in Preventive Maintenance , the other in recognition of the implementation of an Innovative Safety Program.
1999- Liberty acquires Hartsdale Bus
2005- Liberty transfers express services between the Bronx and Manhattan (Liberty Lines Express) to MTA Bus Company
2006- Low Floor-Hybrid (diesel-Electric) buses are introduced to Westchester